Court Records


March 30, 2006

Appendix I
Appendix Volume I

Appendix I:  Tabs 1 through 4

  • Tab 1:
1976   USCA 4 Decision ordering indictment dismissed on Sixth Amendment Speedy Trial Grounds
  • Tab 2:
1978   U.S. Supreme Court Decision finding no Sixth Amendment Violation and Reversing USCA 4
  • Tab 3:
1978   USCA 4 Decision rejecting double jeopardy claim based on Article 32 UCMJ Investigation
  • Tab 4:
1979   USDC Order denying bail pending appeal


Appendix I:  Tabs 5 through 7

  • Tab 5:
1980   USCA 4 Decision reversing conviction on Sixth Amendment speedy trial grounds
  • Tab 6:
1982   Supreme Court Decision Reversing USCA 4's Dismissal on Sixth Amendment Speedy Trial Issue
  • Tab 7:
1982   USCA 4 Decision Following Remand from Supreme Court Aftirming Conviction and Rejecting Claims of Error in the Conduct of the Trial


Appendix I:  Tabs 8 and 9

  • Tab 8:
1983   Order of the District Court Denying Motion for Crime Scene Inspection and Releasing Impounded Quarters to the Army
  • Tab 9:
1984   Order of USCA 4 Dismissing Appeal of District Court's Order Releasing Impounded Quarters


Appendix I:  Tab 10

  • Tab 10:
1985   Decision of the District Court Denying Motions to Vacate Conviction, and for New Trial Based Upon Claims of Suppression of Evidence and Newly Discovered Evidence ("The First Habeas Petition")


Appendix I:  Tabs 11 through 14

  • Tab 11:
1985   Decision of USCA 4 Afiirming Dismissal of First Habeas Petition
  • Tab 12:
1991   Decision of the District Court Dismissing Second Habeas Petition
  • Tab 13:
1992   Decision of USCA 4 Affirming District Court's Denial of Second Habeas Petition as an Abuse of the Writ
  • Tab 14:
1997   Decision of the District Court Denying Motion to Reopen Second Habeas Proceedings Based upon Claim of Fraud on the Court and for Discovery, and Transferring to the USCA 4 as a Successive Petition Claim that Newly Discovered Evidence Entitles Him to a New Trial


Appendix I:  Tabs 15 through 20

  • Tab 15:
1997   Order of USCA 4 Granting Motion with Respect to DNA Testing, Remanding the Issue to the District Court, and Denying in All Other Respects the Motion to File a Successive Habeas Application
  • Tab 16:
1998   Unpublished per curiam Opinion of USCA 4 Afiirming District Court's Denial of Defendant's Claim of Fraud on the Court
  • Tab 17:
1999   Order of the District Court Denying Motion to Compel
  • Tab 18:
1999   Order of the District Court Setting Conditions for DNA Testing by an Independent Laboratory to be Designated by the Court
  • Tab 19:
1999   Order of the District Court Directing the Govemment to Employ the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) as the Independent Laboratory to Perform the DNA Testing
  • Tab 20:
1999   Order of the District Court Amending Order of March 26, 1999
Appendix II
Appendix Volume II

Cover page and Table of Contents

Docket Sheet: U.S. v. Jeffrey R. MacDonald:



Appendix II:  Tabs 2 through 5

  • Tab 2:
Transcript Excerpts: August 13, 1979, Trial Day, Trial Day Sixteen
  • Tab 3:
Trial Excerpts: August 15, 1979, Trial Day, Trial Day Nineteen
  • Tab 4:
Excerpt from: Fatal Vision (Defense Interview of Helena Stoeckley)
  • Tab 5:
Transcript: August 16, 1979, Trial Day Twenty
Appendix III
Appendix Volume III

Transcript: August 17, 1979, Trial Day Twenty-one:

Appendix IV
Appendix Volume IV

Transcript: August 20, 1979, Trial Day Twenty-two:

Appendix V
Appendix Volume V

Transcript, Motion Hearing, June 26, 1991, EDNC:



Appendix V:  Tab 2 and Tab 3

  • Tab 2:
Excerpt, Jeffrey R. MacDona1d's Reply Brief In Support of 28 U.S.C. Section 2255 Petition Filed May 14, 1991, and related correspondence
  • Tab 3:
Notice of Filing (DNA Testing) March 10, 2006


Appendix V:  Tab 4 and Tab 5, Part 1

  • Tab 4:
Affidavit of Raymond Madden, Jr., #13
  • Tab 5, Part 1:
Transcript, Testimony of William Posey, August 13, 1970 before Article 32 U.C.M.J. Hearing


Appendix V:  Tab 5, Part 2 and Tabs 6 through 9

  • Tab 5, Part 2:
Transcript, Testimony of William Posey, August 13, 1970 before Article 32 U.C.M.J. Hearing (continued)
  • Tab 6:
Newspaper Clipping from Fayetteville Observer: "Ritualists Sought In Bragg Murders" with photograph taken through bedroom window, depicting rocking horse
  • Tab 7:
Photograph from Front Page Detective, page 19, August 1970, depicting rocking horse
  • Tab 8:
MacDonald crime scene photo from CIDO1 1-00015 depicting rear springs of rocking horse
  • Tab 9:
Memorandum In Support of Jeffrey R. MacDonald's Motion For An Order Authorizing The District Court for the E.D.N.C. To Consider A Successive Application For Relief Under 28 U.S.C. Section 2255, No. 97-713, filed in U.S.C.A. (4thCir.)


Appendix V:  Tabs 10 through 15

  • Tab 10:
Affidavit of Brendan J. Battle--#1
  • Tab 11:
Declaration of Bryant Lane, April 14, 1984
  • Tab 12:
Affidavit of Brendan J. Battle--#2
  • Tab 13:
Affidavit of John J. Murphy (#2) with attached Exhibit 8, Declaration of Bryant Lane, July 15, 1988
  • Tab 14:
Affidavit of Bryant Lane, March 1, 2005
  • Tab 15:
Sworn Statement of Gregory H. Mitchell, May 25, 1971
Appendix VI
Appendix Volume VI

Appendix VI:  Tab 1

  • Tab 1:
Photographs of Model (GX1) Interior 544 Castle Drive, Fort Bragg, NC


Appendix VI:  Tabs 2 through 6

  • Tab 2:
Floor Plan (GX 652) Interior 544 Castle Drive, Fort Bragg, NC
  • Tab 3:
Chart (GX 638), ABO Blood Factors
  • Tab 4:
Summary Chart (GX 984) East (Master) Bedroom Colette MacDonald ABO Group
  • Tab 5:
Summary Chart (GX 985) East {Master) Bedroom Colette MacDonald ABO Group
  • Tab 6:
Summary Chart (GX 978) Items found in pile of bedding on floor of master bedroom


Appendix VI:  Tabs 7 through 11

  • Tab 7:
Summary Chart (GX 983) South Bedroom, Kimberly Macdonald ABO Blood Group AB
  • Tab 8:
Summary Chart (GX 982) North Bedroom, Kristen MacDonald ABO Type O
  • Tab 9:
Summary Chart ( GX980) Exit to Hall From Kristen's Room
  • Tab 10:
Summary Chart( (GX981) Outside Rear of Utility Room
  • Tab 11:
Summary Chart (GX437) (Photos depicting location of splinters found in master bedroom from club (GX306) found outside rear door


Appendix VI:  Tab 12

  • Tab 12:
Photos (GX600, GX602, GX604, GX607, GX6l0, and GX612) depicting ice pick punctures holes in Jeffrey MacDonald's blue pajama top



Appendix VI:  Tab 13

  • Tab 13:
Photos (GX4l,GX 787(copy) GX79l, GX 794 (copy), 795(copy) and 796 (copy) depicting reconstruction of ice pick thrusts through defendant's pajama top found on Colette MacDonald matching 21 ice pick wounds to Colette's chest


Appendix VI:  Tabs 14 and 15

  • Tab 14:
Summaiy Chart (GX 825) depicting blood stains in Colette MacDonald A type blood on top sheet matching stains on right sleeve of defendant's blue pajama top
  • Tab 15:
Chart (GX 617A) depicting inside view of torn left sleeve of blue pajama top found on Colette MacDonald


Appendix VI:  Tab 16

  • Tab 16:
Notebook GX 11 ,... (copy) Subject Matter of Statements